Stock answer: "Evening," he said. "By then, I've had the time to wake up and get over the night before."

Okay, it wasn't crack of dawn, but it was morning. He'd spot himself half a penny on that one while he wondered exactly what 'play with my friends' meant. And then he spared a moment to wonder if his interview-mate, here, would survive the culture shock of rations and living in a Shatterdome.

Time would tell.

"How about you pick the next question," he offered, not really asking as he offered out the clipboard with the sheet of general guidelines clipped to it.